Suleiman: "People Resist Change"

WBC President and Ready To Fight advisor Mauricio Suleiman explains why his idea of having six judges for the undisputed heavyweight championship fight between Oleksandr Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) and Tyson Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) makes sense.

"It seems that everyone is comfortable with the usual way of judging and people resist changes.

The more highly qualified judges work together, the better. If you have a fight where two judges got up on the wrong side of the bed, then the fate of the fight is decided 2 against 1 because of this. If this happens with six judges, the right fighter will win, 4-2.

In the last few months, we've had too many fights with split decision outcomes. This isn't normal.

It's easy to say that judges should be better if something goes wrong, but why not bring in six of the world's best judges for such a big championship fight – the most consistent judges – and let them decide the fate of important fights? If not, we might have someone who got up on the wrong side of the bed or someone with personal issues.

Having three judges creates a very fine line between the correct result and a disaster. We're talking about the biggest fight in history, and disputes would cause it great harm," said Suleiman.

So far, none of the organizations has supported the idea of increasing the number of judges for this bout. Usyk and Fury will meet on May 18th in the first-ever heavyweight bout for four authoritative titles.